Wednesday, October 31, 2012

A Scary Halloween Village

I hinted last week in a post with a close-up shot that there would be more coming on how we decorated the mantel this year for Halloween.  Well, here it is.  I thought it turned out quite nicely.












This was a really fun project that took shape slowly over the past few weeks.  The houses came from Michael's as did the candles.  The black buckets are from IKEA.  They were stainless steel that we spray-painted gloss black.  The wicked little trees are from inventory here at Crest Avenue and I do not remember where they came from.  We have had those for a few years now.  The larger wicked black trees are from the gardens.  They were left over from the Microburst and Derecho we had earlier this year.  They too were spray-painted gloss black.  And the sheet moss that covers the mantel gives it an even more eerie feeling.  Oh, the pumpkin bobbleheads are from Michael's also.  The witch flying in front of the moon is a graphic I found online and printed on cardstock and then cut out with a pair of regular household scissors.  The Halloween arrangement of yellow and orange daisies is from Wegman's.

So all it takes it a little imagination and you can put together something equally as scary.  We will enjoy this for a few more days and then it will be time to start decorating for Thanksgiving.  The holidays are upon us!!




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